BOSTON--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--ClearSky
Data, provider of on-demand primary storage, today announced it has
expanded its data protection capabilities to deliver complete offsite
backup and disaster recovery (DR) as part of its fully managed service.
With ClearSky Data, customers only pay for a single, fully protected
copy of their data that is accessible anywhere – on-premises or in the
cloud. Organizations can now eliminate secondary infrastructure for
business continuity and DR, including backup licenses and management,
making hybrid cloud backup and DR a reality.

“We
are fundamentally changing the storage game by addressing primary,
backup and DR capabilities all within one pane of glass, so customers
can stop managing infrastructure complexity and costs, and instead focus
on running their applications wherever best fits their needs.”

Today’s storage market is fragmented, with organizations working with
multiple vendors for primary storage, backup and DR; it’s common for
enterprises to manage six to eight vendors for backup alone. By reducing
IT footprints and eliminating redundancy, ClearSky Data customers
realize greater than 50 percent total cost of ownership (TCO) savings.
ClearSky Data solves the enterprise storage problem by integrating
primary, backup and DR capabilities in one service, dramatically
reducing data center footprints, management complexity and costs.

In addition to ClearSky Data’s hybrid architecture, flash-level
performance and certified security and encryption for demanding
enterprise workloads, the enhanced service now delivers all of the
following in a single-price service offering:

Unified management for primary storage, backup and DR

A full copy of data stored offsite in the public cloud

Ability to restore from thousands of recovery points

RPO of 0 in-metro; less than 15 minutes cross-metro

RTO of less than 1 minute

Fully automated object-level recovery via VMware vCenter integration

Support for application consistency and multi-volume consistency groups

Eleven 9s of durability, backed by the public cloud

ClearSky
Data’s expanded data protection capabilities include data access for
DR across enterprise data centers in multiple locations and in the
cloud. In addition to an all-flash, edge cache appliance with high
availability, ClearSky Data now offers a virtual edge cache that runs in
public clouds, providing high-performance access to data for cloud-based
workloads. Through the company’s patented technology, ClearSky Data
customers are dramatically simplifying their enterprise storage
infrastructure; streamlining workflows for data protection; and storing,
scaling and protecting primary data on-demand while reducing costs.

“With legacy storage infrastructures, data protection has become
incredibly costly and complex, preventing organizations from focusing on
business initiatives that matter,” said Holger Mueller, vice president
and principal analyst at Constellation
Research. “Data needs to be accessed on-demand across multiple
locations, on-premises and in the cloud without sacrificing security or
cost. Enterprises are looking for services that enable them to store,
scale and back up their data without suffering from the headache that
comes with managing storage.”

“ClearSky Data’s vision is to provide universal data access for
enterprises that are adopting hybrid cloud architectures. There’s no
reason for these companies to pay for their data multiple times or
maintain large silos of infrastructure across physical and cloud
locations,” said Ellen Rubin, CEO and co-founder of ClearSky Data. “We
are fundamentally changing the storage game by addressing primary,
backup and DR capabilities all within one pane of glass, so customers
can stop managing infrastructure complexity and costs, and instead focus
on running their applications wherever best fits their needs.”

ClearSky Data delivers on-demand, primary storage with offsite backup
and DR as a single service. Enterprises pay for their data once and gain
access to all their data, anywhere it’s needed – on-premises or in the
cloud. IT is now liberated from the treadmill of managing primary,
backup and disaster recovery storage infrastructure, and empowered to
access all data as if it were local, with on-demand scaling and agility.
ClearSky Data delivers data where it’s needed, enterprise-ready and
fully optimized to eliminate the cost and data center footprint of
traditional storage solutions. ClearSky Data is based in Boston and
venture-backed by General Catalyst, Highland Capital Partners and
Polaris Partners, as well as a strategic investment from Akamai
Technologies. Board members include market leaders Paula Long and Jit
Saxena. For more information, visit http://www.clearskydata.com/.

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